Edoardo Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 As I understand it, in Mdk 10.0 unless your cd player has an audio cable plugged into your soundcard you can't play audio CD with most applications (eg Totem, kscd) you can, though, configure xmms to use digital extraction. this is actually my current workaround, but I do not understand why that was not necessary in mdk 9.2 has anyone answers / fixes / workarounds ? Edo PS : it should be well advertised if a newer software version can't do what an older one could do easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 I'm using MDK 10CE, have no CD audio cables in machine at all and yet I can still play CDs perfectly. It could be that you have installed the required package, which is called cdparanoia I think. If you are using Xmms then you need lauch it press CTLR+P and choose the correct CD audio I/O plugin. For KDE apps you can set it to digital extraction in the KDE control centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 It was always necessary to use audio extraction program/plugin for playback without audio cable between cdrom/dvdrom and audiocard. But: Why?? Why would you load your system with this? Especially but not only when your cdrom is connected with your audio card with a 2 wire digital cable? It only sucks up some cpu power and bandwidth on your ide and pci busses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edoardo Posted April 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) But: Why?? Why would you load your system with this? exactly, I do NOT want this. so what do I need to do to play audio CDs in all apps .... ? Edited April 5, 2004 by Edoardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Just use/put an audio cable between the cdrom and the soundcard, then you can use any program to play the audio cds - just check which volume control slider you have to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Why?? One less stupid cable. :D Plus I have a feeling that the standard audio cable is analog rather than digital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edoardo Posted April 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Just use/put an audio cable between the cdrom and the soundcard, then you can use any program to play the audio cds - just check which volume control slider you have to use. I can't dare do that in my sony laptop moreover things worked in mdk 9.1 & 9.2 so my question is WHY 10 cannot do what 9.x did so well ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 (edited) ummm...works for me without a cable. Laptop? Maybe this is in the wrong Section? Maybe that is the prob? I don't know. I just know both my dvdrom with a cable and my cdrw without a cable both work. Edited April 6, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Hi BVC. Love your LOGO. Really nice bit of work. You have been busy haven't you ??? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 thanks but I didn't make it :D http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?libr...=29&SkinID=3829 http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=29 oh, and we're offtopic :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Why?? One less stupid cable. :D Plus I have a feeling that the standard audio cable is analog rather than digital. My cable is digital, 2 wire. The 3 (4?) wire cables are analog. Using the cable reduces system load. For laptops things are different, of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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